Sealed or ported for eclipse
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Printed Date: April 29, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Topic: Sealed or ported for eclipse
Posted By: pureRF
Subject: Sealed or ported for eclipse
Date Posted: August 24, 2003 at 8:17 AM
would a ported or a sealed enclosure be best for 1 12'' aluminum eclipse subwoofer? what is the best volume of the box? I also heard that you shouldnt put eclipses in a ported box. is this true?
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Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: August 24, 2003 at 9:23 AM
You will want a sealed enclosure with a volume of .75-1.0 cu/ft.
Posted By: pureRF
Date Posted: August 24, 2003 at 10:07 AM
why would eclipse suggest a 3.20 cuft box?
thanks
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Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: August 24, 2003 at 12:22 PM
I have no idea every time I have talked to them they suggest 2.0 sealed for SQ and .75 for SPL. I have built several different size enclosures and have found that it sounds best anywhere between .75 and 1.25. Personally I would go with 1.0 cu/ft
Posted By: pureRF
Date Posted: August 24, 2003 at 12:56 PM
sounds good i want the most bass out of it possible. I will also be pushing it with the kicker SX650.1.
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Posted By: pureRF
Date Posted: August 24, 2003 at 1:07 PM
Also are the eclipses SQ or SPL. because if they are SQ i may get another sub because im not putting more than 1 sub and i want as much bass as i can get. But im sure the aluminum would be fine.
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dream it, build it, fiberglass it
Posted By: IronCy
Date Posted: August 24, 2003 at 2:04 PM
when the aluminums first came out, we begged and pleaded with eclipse for ported enclosure specs (they only recommend sealed for their subs)....finally got someone in the technical department who faxed us a design....we built the enclosure for a 15" driver.......it was a rather large enclosure, I cant remember the specs off the top of my head, but I do remember it hitting 145 off the dash in a 4runner....1000w orion amp pushing it to the limit....although they do not suggest it.....you can acheive crazy spl with ported enclosures. Im running 2 titanium 15's right now, 2.0cu/ft each and they seem to be doing fine. -cy
Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: August 24, 2003 at 8:48 PM
In a sealed enclosure they will still put out plenty of bass. They have a huge Xmas and can move lots of air while still maintaining excellent SQ
Posted By: pureRF
Date Posted: August 25, 2003 at 2:07 PM
Iron C - I'm going to be running 1 12 aluminum on a SX650.1 kicker with a cap, would u suggest a ported or will i not be able to tell that big of a diff with a sealed?
thanks
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dream it, build it, fiberglass it
Posted By: c.c.
Date Posted: August 27, 2003 at 3:25 PM
the difference in a sealed and ported box it that the sealed will have a better SQ, but not quite the SPL of the ported box. however, a porperly built ported box can sound good in a car though.
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Posted By: IronCy
Date Posted: August 27, 2003 at 7:08 PM
pureRF, I would go with sealed, b/c, like I said, its next to impossible to get ported specs from eclipse, they recommend sealed enclosures for all of their subs....I would go with bberman1 and build a 1.0cuft enclosure and put as much power as you can to the sub. You will get plenty of spl. -Cy
Posted By: pureRF
Date Posted: August 27, 2003 at 7:19 PM
thanks, i can get a 15 but will a 12 make the same amount of bass considering its the same xmas?
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dream it, build it, fiberglass it
Posted By: IronCy
Date Posted: August 27, 2003 at 7:24 PM
15 will give you lower frequency response, but your enclosure size will double as well. check your pm -Cy
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